What’s in a name? When it comes to rugby league, a lot of confusion. The recent expedition to the United States has highlighted a lingering issue with the sport that has never been solved – its name. Particularly at a time when league is trying to expand its boundaries beyond its traditional strongholds of Australia’s […]
Have the Matildas eclipsed the Socceroos? Whatever you think, Australian football fans are in for some exciting times
In a practically dead rubber on a searing hot Melbourne Wednesday evening at Marvel Stadium against an Uzbekistan team ranked 47th in the world, the Matildas put Uzbekistan to the sword roared on by a capacity crowd of 54,120 people. This was the Matildas 12th sold out home game in a row. While the majority […]
Wellington’s character-filled Basin Reserve pities Australia’s soulless, corporate stadiums
Some critics in Australia are quick to blame the average punter for not attending test cricket. They’ve expressed their lack of interest with their feet. A dire crowd attended the first test of last summer in Perth against the West Indies – only 59,125 attended across 4 days, 2 of those being weekends. Questions need […]
There’s no way rugby’s ‘greatest ever try’ would be permitted these days
Proving today’s refereeing and officialdom is pedantic, making games unwatchable, is as simple as reflecting on the fifty years since the magnificent 1973 Barbarians versus All Blacks match. We still discuss the game and “the try”, whereas the 2023 Rugby World Cup final between New Zealand and South Africa will be forgotten about in the […]
It was Tyson Fury who smashed the stigma of being ‘weak’ by talking about his mental health – and it made me feel like I could do anything
In 2015 when heavyweight boxer Tyson Fury beat Wladimir Klitschko, the fighter regarded by many as the ‘Greatest of all time’ in the sport, many people thought that he was on top of the world. However, in actuality he was at rock bottom. After a controversial drug test result, Fury was stripped of all the […]